Overview
- Police report that a bull elephant believed to lead the herd returned after an initial encounter and fatally trampled Saidi Jahari, 43.
- Workers had fled their tents after sensing elephants, later finding him with two broken legs and moving him to a communal house for protection.
- The crew fled again when the elephant returned, and he was found the next morning on an exit path with injuries consistent with trampling.
- The incident occurred at a newly opened logging site in Gua Musang where he had worked for about two weeks despite decades of logging experience.
- Malaysia’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks is searching for the herd to contain it, with authorities cautioning the public to avoid the area.